Using acpi_osi="Windows 2006" may address this issue, but I've already
seen one BIOS that this fails on, so it's not a generic solution.

Using acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2009\" maybe better temporary workaround for
now, but it will fail when the kernel gets upgraded and includes the
names of newer Windows.

It's going to turn out very ugly if we carry on using this method of
disabling this Windows 7 feature in the BIOS.

I've looked at a couple of DSDT tables and found that when Windows 7 is
matched in the ACPI _OSI() method the embedded controller is tweaked to
enable this Windows 7 feature to emit the key sequence. The exact
implementation will vary from BIOS to BIOS, so it's really quite ugly.

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Video out hot key sends super + p + return on many upcoming Dell & HP systems
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539477
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